Iran's top authority claims the United States and Israel are attempting to cripple the country.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, issued a statement on Thursday, asserting that the United States and Israel are attempting to undermine the stability of the Islamic republic, as announced on state television through a written message.

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This message outlined the perceived intentions of these nations, with Khamenei stating, "The enemy's blind plan, after the imposed war, the economic pressure, and the political and propaganda siege, is to create divisions and disintegration in order to compensate for military defeats and bring the nation to its knees."

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Khamenei's statement served as a call to action, urging Iranians to unite and promote "cohesion" among themselves, as the country marked the anniversary of its national legislature's founding.

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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, now 56 years old, assumed the position of supreme leader after his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in the initial US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which occurred on February 28 and sparked a regional war.